Mean Median Mode and Range

The salary of the employees in the office were $15,000; $18,000; $16,000; $14,000; $90,000; and $17,000.  What is the best measure of the central tendency of the salaries?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

If you score 76, 85, 97, and 83 on your math tests, what would your median score be? 

• 84

• 90

• 85

• 88

Find the mean of these numbers:
5, 11, 2, 12, 4, 2

• 4.1

• 6

• 4.5

• 4

A survey asked 6th graders their favorite lunch and got the following results:
Pizza: 150
Nachos: 75
Spaghetti: 25

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

The Table above shows the points scored by the JV basketball team in their first seven games. Calculate the mean, median, mode and range. Which statistical measure makes the team sound the best?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Match the following terms with its correct definition.

• The sum of all values divided by the total number of values

• Median

• The difference between the highest and lowest values in a set of numbers

• Mode

• The middle value in a list of numbers when arranged in ascending order

• Mean or Average

• The number that appears most frequently in a set of numbers

• What if there are 2 numbers in the middle?

• Add together, and divide by 2.

• Range

The table shows the points scored by the JV basketball team at Cox Mill High School in their first seven games. Calculate the mean, median, mode and range. Which statistical measure makes the team sound the best?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Ms. Andrey claims the average score on a quiz in her class was 25. Mr. Luna claims the average score on a quiz in his class is 25.

• Ms. Andrey used the mode, while Mr. Luna used the median.

• Ms. Andrey used the mean, while Mr. Luna used the mode.

• Both teachers used the mean.

• Both teachers used the median.

Harley surveyed his classmates about how many siblings they have and got the following data: 0, 1, 3, 5, 4, 2, 2, 9, 1, 2, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3  Which  measure is best measure of center of the data?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Brittany surveyed her classmates about whether or not they liked the book or the movie version of the Hunger Games better.
Book: 18
Movie: 8

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range